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'One With Courage'
AG Abbott helping raise awareness

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott last month partnered with Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas ( CACTX ) to launch “One With Courage,” a public service campaign that will help raise awareness a...
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Where's our money?
I HAVE a simple question for Robert Gibbs, the outspoken press secretary of the Obama administration who recently told the “professional left” to quit criticizing the president. Yes,...
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The View from Writers' Roost
HIGH SCHOOL football has been very good in Jasper, Texas, for years. The town has produced good teams and many quality players. You just knew Sean Weatherspoon was quality the first time you w...
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Sideglances
FOUR TIMES A year I look forward to catching up with Robroy Industries news when the attractive slick-paper magazine, The Bagpiper, comes to hand. The recent summer edition is, as they say, ...
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Survey Says: Texans Agree the Last Thing We Need is Government Running the Internet
When something’s working, most Texans would say “don’t mess with it.” New research about Texans’ opinions about the Internet and the government are in line with this...
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When Fights Were Fair
THE INTERNET has brought us video created and posted by teens who engage in horrific gang attacks on other teens. The popularity of sites such as YouTube has fueled this phenomenon, and girls ...
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Scammers Target Job Hunters in Weak Economy, Warns Better Business Bureau
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Stay safe on the hunt by looking for seven red flags TYLER - As the unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent, the Better Business Bureau warns that scammers are taking advantage of the op...
Be Wary of Storm Chasers
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Your home can take a serious beating when a big storm hits and finding a roofing contractor you can trust isn’t always easy. Storm chasers and other door-to-door salesmen often peddle dubious deals...
What Can Wisdom Do For Me?
by STEVE ELLISON
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Please Remember Me Solomon, in his book Ecclesiastes, has examined the meaning of life from virtually every angle. We can learn much from his experience. He had the wisdom, the money, and t...
Weather Whys
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DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Q: What are the “dog days of summer”? A: It’s a slang term for the hottest time of the year, explains Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “In general terms, it’s the t...
Graves of the famous
by BOB BOWMAN
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A READER called a few days ago, asking where John Wesley Hardin, one of East Texas’ most famous outlaws, was buried. His call brought up the question of where other famous people are buried in Tex...
None dare call it tyranny
by SHELDON RICHMAN
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IF YOU want to know what tyranny is like, look around. The national government — specifically the executive branch — can do pretty much what it wants. It could bomb Iran tomorrow without a declara...
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Taj Johnson does tai chi exercises on Rehoboth Beach as weather from Hurricane Earl begins to move in to Deleware on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - A weakened Hurricane Earl howled past North Carolina's Outer Banks before daybreak Friday on its way up the East Coast, flooding parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out power but staying farther offshore than feared. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.


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In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.


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